Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-10
Correspondence Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL

IGOCh LILLY, august - 1OuA lCSuAoh
correspondent left here on last Saturday in
to Wilmington and Carolina Beach, n. g.,
where they will visit relatives and enjoy
the delightful sea breeze for q few days.
Mr.. Edward Robertson, Messrs. R. L.
Jewell G. Co.'s book-keeper, has gone to
Birmingham, Alabama, Oh a pleasure trip.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
will give a baby show on Tuesday after
noon at Roddey's Hall. No children over
FIVE years will be admitted. They are to
have judges who will decide upon the
prettiest baby, and award the prize. A
large turnout is expected.
Sam Massey, colored, one of Mr.. W..
Adams hands, while at work on Roddey's
new building last Thursday, was prostrat-
ed by the heat.
Our town was full of railroad men last
week. Col. r. A. Johnson and his private
secretary, Mr.. G.. A. Prick, were here
looking after the interest of the Three Us.
Mr.. Colvin, the gentleman who is superln-
tending the masonry for the bridge over
Catawba river, left here on last Friday,
morning with his hands for the scene OF
his work. He will begin at once, building
the piers.
Messrs. Frew Brothers. elegant new
store is finished and they are busy moving
into it to-day This store is certainly an
ornament to our town, and the proprletors
deserve great credit for erecting such q
handsome building. -,
The timers are now busy putting on the
roof of the Roddey building. The brick
work is about finished.
The young men of our town have taken
a great interest in the match game OF
base ball played IN Charlotte last week
between Charlotte and Columbia. Ofcourse
Rock Hill was on the Charlotte side as our
clever young townsman, Mr.. John T.. Rod
dey, was playing with the Charlotte nine;
And by-the-by, John is considered as good
a player as the Charlotte nine have.
Watermelons are still plentiful here and
are almost selling for little or nothing:
Apples are very scarce. They were SOLO
on our streets for n dollar and sixty
cents a bushel on last Saturday.
The meeting which has been going on
for the past week in the Baptist Church at
this place came to an end last night. The
services have been we'll attended by large
congregations. Every one that attended
was delighted with the sermons preached
by Rev. G. B. Moore, of Darlington, who
has been assisting Rev. ]. @. Adams, the
pastor. There were a good many CONVEX.
sions and some came forward last night
and were baptized.
The farmers are still very hopeful, not
withstanding there is 80 much rain. A
good deal of damage has been done to the
corn on CataWba river. Mr.. A. r: Smith,
formerly of this place, but now of Cam:
den, says the Wateree river has played
havoc with his corn crop, and that he viii
lose five thousand bushels by the river
overlooking on it.
Work will begin IN our new graded
school building this week.
A-fhe many friends Of Miss Minnie Will
son, of your town, who has been quite
sick here at her brothers., will be glad to
hear that she is improving.
The town council will meet tonight and
decide on the names of our streets and
have signs put up at each corner with
name of streets.
AS usual Rock Hill sent her share Of
witnesses and criminals to the United
States Court which is in SESSION at Green:
Vile. About thirty white and colored
persons lefton the 5o'clock train yesterday.
+ Mr.. E. R. Avery is the happiest man in
town. It is thirteen-pound boy.
John Thompson, a negro labOrer IN the
employ of the G., N. G. G. Railroad, was
killed by lightning about53 o'clock last Sat
urday evening. He was walking through
a cotton field at the time the fatal bolt de.
scended, and the cotton plants on which
he fell were burned as if by fire. Trial
Justice Whyte empaneled a jury Of in.
quest which rendered a verdict in accord
ance with the above statements.
r Mr.. w. J. Roddey, Cashier of the First
National Bank, returned to-day after an
extended trip of nearly three months
through most of the Western States. He
was very much pleased with the section
of the country he visited. FELIX.